The main concentration of the present work is to evaluate and analyze economic nature a system reliability model which allowed operate under varying weather conditions – normal abnormal. In this context consisting two non-identical units developed in initially unit operative duplicate at standby. Single repairmen/server comes immediately rectify fault whereas abnormal repair not feasible. techn...

The focus on the needs and drives for adaptation of the building automatically leads to changing needs and demands of the occupants of the building. Building should really take care of its occupants and show adaptable behaviour and reaction to the changing outdoor environment during the day. Design for adaptability should start with the occupants needs for comfort and indoor air quality. These ...

Combination of severe weather conditions and vegetation impacts is the most dominant cause of outages in electric power systems. Instance of high speed wind and heavy precipitation may cause trees to come in contact with power lines due to the following reasons: a) branches break off and fly into lines; b) complete trees topple when moved by wind, or c) tree branches grow into the lines. The ma...

Recent research aims to automatically predict whether peer feedback is of high quality, e.g. suggests solutions to identified problems. While prior studies have focused on peer review of papers, similar issues arise when reviewing diagrams and other artifacts. In addition, previous studies have not carefully examined how the level of prediction granularity impacts both accuracy and educational ...

The effect of lattice mismatch on the chemical ordering of epitaxial FePt films was studied. The results showed that the lattice constant scd of the FePt films decreased with increasing lattice mismatch « from about 2.23% to 6.33%. Upon further increase of « to about 8.8%, c increased. On the other hand, the variation of the lattice constant sad of the FePt films showed a reversal behavior to t...

The continuing growth of air traffic worldwide motivates the need for new approaches to air traffic management that are more flexible both in terms of traffic volume and weather. Free Flight is one such approach seriously considered by the aviation community. However the benefits of Free Flight are severely curtailed in the convective weather season when weather is highly active, leading aircra...